sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to pay the bill; to settle an account
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
fresh, young ears of rice; lush ears of rice
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to shave off; to scrape off
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
talking while standing; standing around talking
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to get change back; to be more than enough
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
ordinary citizen; the general public
white horse; unrefined sake
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
radiant smile; contented smile
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
sexy; popular; well-liked
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny